The Cost To Play (Slivers of Love) Read Online Free PDF

employers. It made it difficult to make friends.
    The Savannah River snaked through the outskirts of the city and served as a dividing line between Georgia and South Carolina. On the Georgia side of the river was a walk path and two concert venues. The larger, was named after a local opera singer who made good and was called the Jessye Norman Amphitheater.  The second was a smaller stage for Sunday night jazz in the summers provided by Garden City Jazz. In November, it was just another place for a lonely woman to feel even lonelier.
    Jayne’s thoughts traveled back to the weekend in Columbia at the con.  Dr. Yamaguchi, that asshole, still made her angry whenever she thought about him.  The nerve of that man, telling her that men had been lying to her about what they wanted and that he was being honest.    The one thing that truly crossed her mind and haunted her dreams were his words. “ I plan to give you hours of pleasure .” If he was being honest about that, maybe she should have taken him up on it.  Yet, reality told her, she could not make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. That man was the whole pig.
    She gaze down at her pad, liking what she had drawn thus far.  Next month was the Atlanta Comic Convention, which had some really good guest speakers.  She was planning to attend dressed as Misty Knight, a former X-Men character that Jayne identified with. She was a self-sufficient black woman. Misty was bionically enhanced and a martial arts expert that was never over sexualized in the comics.  Even better, she never waited for any man to come and rescue her.
    There were noises coming down the side walk and several young men were headed her way.  Misty may not need anyone to rescue her, but Jayne knew if she stayed here, a group of young men and a woman alone was just too easy to pass up.  She grabbed her pad and made haste for the stairs.  She did not stop or look back until she had gotten into her car and locked the doors.  Her stomach had started to grumble a bit after the light breakfast of yogurt and granola.  Before food, she needed to stop at Joann’s and look at some fabric.
    Inside the craft store, she had gotten distracted by trimming for her costume.  Step away from the rabbit hole Alice ! She cautioned herself while her empty stomach reminded her of a need for sustenance.  Fabric.  She came to look for fabric. The selection of material for costumes was not very great here and she was upset that there was no leather. Only pleather and faux leather looking material.  The better materials were on the bottom shelf as she initially squatted to view the bolts, extracting one to get a closer gaze.
    She heard the voice and did not even need to turn around to know who it was. “I think this is more than a coincidence, or there are two women in this world with a perfect ass like that.”
    Jayne turned to see Dr. Yamaguchi standing behind her. She was beginning to feel like a parrot. “You do realize you said that out loud right?  Do you have any filters?”
    He laughed a hearty deep chested laugh, mainly because he was so happy to see her again. “Evidently, when it comes to you, I must not.”
    She found herself smiling as he extended his hand for a shake. “I am Toshi Yamaguchi.”
    This was better. She accepted his hand shake. “Jayne Wright.” Her stomach growled loudly and he chuckled at the sound of her blatant need for food.
    “Jayne Wright. May I have the pleasure of taking you to lunch?” 
    Her stomach growled again and she looked down at it. “Hush up Timmy. I am going to feed you.”  Toshi’s brows went up.
    “I am sorry. Are you married, taken, or expecting?”
    Jayne parroted herself once more. “Filters …Toshi Yamaguchi…filters.  No I am not pregnant, married, or taken. Timmy is my hunger monster and he needs food.”
    The look of relief on Toshi’s face was surprising to Jayne. For that reason, she accepted his lunch invitation.
    “The Chop House is across the